Triton
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Triton may refer to one of many things named after Triton (mythology), a Greek god, the messenger of the deep, son of Poseidon, god of the sea.
Academic:
- Triton College, a two-year college located in River Grove, Illinois
- The Tritons, the athletic mascot for the University of California, San Diego
- Tritons, the mascot for Pacifica High School (Oxnard, California)
- Tritons, the mascot for San Clemente High School (San Clemente, California)
- Triton School District, a school district in southeastern Minnesota
Aerospace:
- SO.6000 Triton, the first French jet, built by the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest (SNCASO)
Astronomy:
- Triton (moon), the largest moon of the planet Neptune
- A misspelling of Keith P. Tritton, British astronomer
Automotive:
- Ford Triton engine, a series of engines made by the Ford Motor Company
- Mitsubishi Triton, four wheel drive pickup truck
- Triton motorcycle, a hybrid Cafe racer style of motorbike built from a Triumph engine and a Norton chassis
Chemistry/Physics:
- Triton X-100, a nonionic detergent often used in extraction buffers
- A tritium nucleus, particularly one used as a bombarding particle or emitted in a nuclear reaction
Culture:
- Triton (novel), a novel by Samuel R. Delany
- Triton (The Little Mermaid), Princess Ariel's father in the Disney animated film The Little Mermaid
- Tritón, a Mexican magazine
- Umi no Triton, an anime TV series
- Triton (comics), a Marvel Comics character
Geography:
- Triton (Newfoundland and Labrador), a Canadian city
- Triton, Washington, an American city
Music:
- Korg Triton, a workstation musical synthesizer
- Triton (band), a Japanese progressive rock band
- The Tritonz (band) a Canadian/American heavy metal band fronted by Jon-Mikl Thor
Nautical:
- Triton (Jacques Cartier), one of Jacques Cartier's two ships for his first voyage in 1534
- HMS Triton or HMS Tryton, eight vessels of the Royal Navy
- RV Triton, an experimental trimaran that underwent trials with the Royal Navy from 2001 to 2005
- Triton (S.112), a Greek Navy submarine, launched in 1971
- USS Triton, three vessels of the United States Navy
- USCGC Triton, two ships of the United States Coast Guard
- The Allied code name for a communication network using the Enigma machine used by German War Navy during the Second World War
- Pearson Triton, one of the first production fiberglass sailboats manufactured in the United States
Nature:
- Triton (mollusk), a marine snail of the family Ranellidae
Technology:
- AIM Triton, a version of the AOL Instant Messenger software
- Triton ATM Machines, world's largest manufacturer of off-premise ATM
- Triton (content delivery), a digital game distribution service
- Triton (demogroup), an IBM-PC demoscene demogroup (1992–1996)
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